Animoto: A web application that produces videos from user-selected photos and music- Wikipedia
Animoto generates professional looking videos by running user-selected still images and music through a Cinematic Artificial Intelligence engine. End users upload image files, sort them, select certain images to "spotlight," select a final video length and audio file. The soundtrack can come from the Animoto library or the user's own library. The engine converts the separate images into a single video with a soundtrack, generating animated transitions from picture to picture, influenced by the music selected. Each resulting video is unique.
Animoto has many features of a Web 2.0 tool: 1) Animoto uses the Web as its platform; 2) end users are both the consumers and the producers of content; 3) it allows for a rich user experience; 4) the service is "people to people"; 5) Animoto employs a self-service model to generate the end product; 6) it publishes content; 7) it thrives on its openness; and 8) users are able to interact on the site by using data manipulation, sharing, and retrieval.
Special Features
All videos are made in wide screen format.
No two videos are ever the same-- even when the same pictures are downloaded .
Animoto utilizes Cinematic Artificial Intelligence (patent pending), a technology that produces unique videos by taking into account the style, rhythm, and vocals of music to create one of a kind videos.
Besides videos, one of a kind greeting cards can also be made.
Strengths
Animoto is quick and easy to use.
Free (for 30 second videos).
A wide variety of music is available for downloading on the site. Users can also download their own music.
Animoto for Education is now available for K-12 classrooms. Students can produce their own clips at school without the worry of unwanted web content being accessed.
This is a great tool for libraries to create quick, movie-like book trailers.
Videos can be easily shared by emailing, downloading or embedding on a variety of applications such as YouTube, Facebook, and MySpace.
Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.
Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.
Animoto: A web application that produces videos from user-selected photos and music- Wikipedia
Animoto generates professional looking videos by running user-selected still images and music through a Cinematic Artificial Intelligence engine. End users upload image files, sort them, select certain images to "spotlight," select a final video length and audio file. The soundtrack can come from the Animoto library or the user's own library. The engine converts the separate images into a single video with a soundtrack, generating animated transitions from picture to picture, influenced by the music selected. Each resulting video is unique.
Animoto has many features of a Web 2.0 tool: 1) Animoto uses the Web as its platform; 2) end users are both the consumers and the producers of content; 3) it allows for a rich user experience; 4) the service is "people to people"; 5) Animoto employs a self-service model to generate the end product; 6) it publishes content; 7) it thrives on its openness; and 8) users are able to interact on the site by using data manipulation, sharing, and retrieval.
Special Features
Strengths
Weaknesses
http://animoto.com/education
Student created project
Animoto wiki
Ideas for educational use
Animoto for Education